Human rights — Right to respect for private life — Whether including sexual life — Prohibition of homosexual acts between consenting adults in private — Law of Republic of Ireland — Absence of prosecutions — Whether law no longer enforced — Whether mere existence of legislation affected private life — Whether applicant a victim within meaning of Article 25 of Convention — Justifications for interference — Whether necessary in a democratic society — Margin of appreciation of national authorities — Whether more extensive for issues involving morals — European standard — Pressing social need — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950, Articles 8 and 25

Damages — Human rights violations — Breach of right to respect for private life established — Just satisfaction — Whether finding of breach in itself adequate satisfaction — Legal costs referable to proceedings before national courts — Whether recoverable — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950, Article 50

Human rights — Standing to complain of violation — European Convention on Human Rights, Article 25 — Concept of victim of human rights violations — Laws against homosexual activity — Laws not enforced — Whether campaigner for homosexual rights a victim of human rights violation — Whether possessing standing